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Ender Dragon

The 'E'nder Dragon (also called Enderdragon) is a large flying mob Boss first introduced in Beta 1.9 Pre-release 4 for PC/Mac. Her (asuuming the species conforms to biological law) main distinct characteristic is her ability to fly and destroy all blocks that come into contact with, excluding Bedrock.[1]

The Ender Dragon is a mob that Notch wanted to originally be able to spawn anywhere but now is only available when you travel to The End. She is the first official mob boss in Minecraft and made her appearance in the Beta 1.9 Pre-Release 6. The Dragon retains the same model Notch originally came up with but now has a texture more akin to the Enderman. Upon death, the Ender Dragon drops 20,000 Experience Orbs.

Before entering The End to slay the Ender Dragon, you should sleep in a bed near The End portal. If you're fortunate enough to have any Diamond Armor equipped, you will be much harder to kill. When you first enter The End, you'll notice Ender Crystals at the summit of several Obsidian Pillars. Ender crystals heal the Ender Dragon as she flies around the island. Your first goal will be to destroy these so it cannot regenerate health. Ender Crystals can be destroyed by arrows, snowballs, or by hand. However, at least two of the Crystals will have Iron Bars surrounding them. Keep in mind if you break an ender crystal while an Ender Dragon is regenerating health, she will take damage.

After successfully breaking the Ender Crystals, you need to focus on dealing some damage to the Ender Dragon. Strong tactics to deal massive damage to the Dragon are to use arrows. These can be used to deal a nice amount of damage to several limbs of the Ender Dragon except her wings and tail. TNT is not recommended as the Ender Dragon destroys any block it travels through except for Obsidian, End stone, Bedrock, and Ender Crystals. The preferred weapon while fighting the Ender Dragon is ranged weapons, although you're better off using melee as it does more damage. The trick to hitting it with melee is by waiting for her to charge at you, strafing out of the way, and then going in for the kill. The Ender Dragon will charge at any block non-native to The End. This means that you can diliberately cause the Ender Dragon to charge you so you can melee. You can repeat this tactic to keep dealing damage and successfully kill the Ender Dragon.

Once you beat it, it will explode in a different and bigger way than any other mob. It'll drop a dragon egg that teleports every time you touch it and will break once hit with a tool such as a pickaxe. It also drops the Overworld portal and once you enter it, the credits roll and you are considered to have beaten Minecraft. After the credits you'll be teleported back to The Overworld to your spawn point. You can hatch the egg by puting it in a furnce, it spawns neutral and you can tame it by feeding it raw fish,